Method of fastening fence-wires.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

v 0. H. HANSON. METHOD OF FASTENING FENCE WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-14, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

No. 766,345. Patented August 2, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. HANSON, OF IVELLAND, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE FROST IRE FENCE- COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

METHOD OF FASTENING FENCE-WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,345, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed October 14, 1903. Serial No. 176,985. 1N0 model.)

To all 11/71/0711, 771/1711] (ZOTI/OQT'TI/I parts after being fastcnecL is a ver. Be it known that LCHARLEs H. HANSON, a tical section in line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a citizen of the United States, residing at \Velhorizontal section in lme 5 5, Fig. 4.

land, in the Province of Ontario andDomin- Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 5 ion of Canada, have invented a new and usesponding parts throughout the several views. 5

ful Improvement in Methods of Fastening A represents one of the main or horizontal Fence-\Vires, of which the following is a specifence-wires, and B one of the stays or vertical fication. fence-wires which usually intersect each other This invention relates to a method of conat right angles. 1o necting the intersecting wires of wire-fences. C represents the clip employed in my im- One of the fastenings for wire fences hereproved method of connecting the main and tofore used consists of a clip having tapering stay wires of the fence. This clip is U-shapcd slots in its wings, which is applied to the wires and provided in each of its wings a with a lonby placing one wire between the wings and gitudinal slot D, forming a longitudial bar E,

15 against the back of the clip, then inserting which is substantially parallel with the back the other wire through the slots of the wings, or bightf', which connects the wings at one and finally driving the clip lengthwise of its edge. slots for clampingor wedging the wires against In fastening the intersecting fence-wires toeach other. This method of fastening together gether the clip is first slipped over the main 20 the wireshas been found objectionable because wire until its back engages the same. The

the fibers of the wires are liable to be cut by stay-wire is then inserted in the slots of both the clip sliding on the wires, thereby weakwings, so that the main wire is confined beening the fence. Furthermore, this former tween the stay-wire and the back of the clip. fastening is liable to slip in being applied or Fig. 2 shows the clip and wires assembled in 2 5 when subjected to strain while in use, therethis manner. The longitudinal bars E and by displacing the wires and producing an unthe back of the clip are then pinched toward sightly fence. each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, where- The principal object of this invention is to by the wires are securely clamped together. fasten the intersecting wires of a fence in such Sufficient pressure is preferably exerted in 3 manner that they are securely held against pinching the clip upon the wires to cause the displacement. wires to slightly indent each other, as shown The invention has the further object to proat g g in Figs. 4: and 5, thereby firmly intervide a method of fastening the wires wherelocking the wires. The wires are thus preby the same will becomeinterlocked by indentvented from becoming displaced relatively to 3 5 ing each other and by which the fastening can each other when subjected to strain in the lonbe effected without weakening the wires. gitudinal direction of either wire, thereby In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is avoiding the unsightly appearance frequently a fragmentary perspective view of two interpresented by fences in which the wires have sectingfence-wires having the connecting-clip been shifted out of their proper position by 4 applied thereto according to my improved animals or from other causes. Inasmuch as 5' method. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the the pressure for pinching or clamping the clip same, taken above the clip and showing the on the wires is applied transversely of the condition of the connection preparatory to wires the clip and the wire passing through pinching the clip against the wires. Fig. 3 its slots are not liable to slip or be shifted 45 is a similar view showing the condition of the bodily. The liability of short-bending the 9 wires or cutting their fibers on the surface and the consequent weakening of the fence is therefore avoided.

In order to obtain the best clamping effect of the bars E against the wire in the slotted wings, this wire is placed at one end of the slots. This permits the bars when bent or pinched to embrace this wire to a greater extent, thus increasing the hold thereon correspondingly. i

For the purpose of retaining the stay-wire at one end of the slotted wings each of the bars E is provided centrally with an inwardlyprojecting swell or enlargement h, which reduces the width of this part of the slot so that it is narrower in the middle than the staywire. By this means the stay-wire is prevented from sliding from one end of the slots to the other, thereby permitting of keeping all the clips of the same stay in alinement if they have been properly placed on the wire and insuring a uniform and neat appearance of the finished fence. Both ends of the slots in the clip are-preferably made large enough to receive the stay-wire. The erection of the fence is thereby facilitated, because the clip can be applied at either end to the wire, and the necessity for exercising care in assembling the parts is avoided.

After the bars E have been pinched against the stay-wire the central part of each bar has the form of a reentrant angle and is located inwardly out of line with its ends, which lat ter are both rigidly connected with and supported by the ends of the respective wing, as represented in Fig. 3. When the bars are thus bent or pinched, they form toggle-like braces which enable them tooifer a powerful resistance to any strains tending to bend them outwardly or away from the stay-Wire into an inoperative position, thereby effectually holding the clip in its locked or operative position.-

My improved method of applying the clips to the fence-wires can be practiced not only while assembling the parts on the field, but

also while weaving the fence complete in a loom.

I claim as my invention 1. The herein-described method of uniting the intersecting wires of a fence by means of a clip having longitudinal slots in its wings which are closed on all sides forming bars each connected at both ends to the wings, which method consists in first applying the clip to the wires so that one wire is arranged in the slots of both wings and the other wire between the first-mentioned wire and the bight of the clip, and then pinching or bending said bars toward said bight, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described method of connecting the intersecting main and stay wires of a fence by means of a clip having longitudinal slots in its wings which are closed on all sides forming a baron each wing which is connected to the wing at both ends, which method consists in first slipping the clip over the main wire and engaging its back with the same, then inserting the stay-wire in one end-of both slots, and then pinching the back and the bars of the clip for gripping the wires in the clip toward each other and pressing the same against each other, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described method of connecting the intersecting main and stay wires of a fence by means of a clip having longitudinal slots in its wings which are closed on all sides forming a bar on each wing which is connected to the wing at both ends, which method consists in first slipping the clip over the main wire and engaging its back with the same, then inserting the stay-wire in one end of both slots, and then pinching said bars midway of their ends in the form of a reentrant angle, substantially as set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 7th day of October,

CHARLES H. HANSON. Witnesses:

THEo. L. PorP, EMMA M. GRAHAM. 

